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World History on the Screen: Film and Video Resource

World History on the Screen: Film and Video Resource

Wendy S. Wilson and Gerald H. Herman
J. Weston Walch, 168 pp., 2003

This volume, written by the authors of American History on the Screen, focuses on sixteen films (and identifies and anno- tates many others) that can help teachers of world history. The films cover different historical periods from the time of ancient Greece to twentieth-century China in the aftermath of the Cultural Revolution. In addition to specific teaching suggestions for each film, the book includes a bibliography, feature films index, glossary, and film analysis guide sheet.